Sale 2486, Part I - The Harold Holzer Collection of Lincolniana, September 27, 2018

170 c   (SCULPTURE.) Full-figure statuette of Lincoln holding the Emancipation Proclamation, after Volk. Plaster, 34 inches tall including metal base with a 13 1 / 4 -inch diameter, painted in white and black; clumsy restoration including neck and right foot, chipping to scroll and base, and light wear elsewhere, crack in left ankle (apparently reinforced internally). Np, late 19th century? [4,000/6,000] This plaster casting is based on Leonard Wells Volk’s much larger statue in the Illinois State Capitol and the 1892 Lincoln monument in Rochester, NY, which is 9 feet tall and mounted on a 43-foot column. Another example of this plaster version (but with a painted bronze finish) can be seen at the Lucas County Historical Society in Iowa.